Welcome to the ISTRO website
On this site you will find information about the International Soil Tillage Research Organisation (ISTRO), which focusses on the impact and consequences of various soil tillage (including no-till) practices and from field traffic. More information about the organisation itself can be found on the organisation page.
Activities organised by ISTRO and other organisations concerning soil tillage can be found on the activities page.
Further information about recent publications are found on the publications page.
ISTRO Info July 2024
- Published: 21 August 2024 21 August 2024
August 9th 2024 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the July 2024 issue, is available for download. In this issue:
- New Editor at Soil & Tillage Research: Dr. Iris Vogeler Cronin.
- Latest news about the ISTRO 2024 event
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books
The new editor Dr. Iris Vogeler is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research interests include soil functioning, with focus on soil water dynamics, nutrient transport and GHG emissions as related to crop and soil management. She has special interest in the use of ecosystem models to better understand is the processes and interactions between climate, soil, plants, and animals in agricultural systems.
More details can be read in the latest issue of ISTRO Info.
Latest news about the upcoming ISTRO conference in Virginia Beach:
There is still room for a few more ORAL paper presentations. The abstract topic list relates to many areas of interest including tillage, soils, outreach, and agriculture production in general, so your research can be presented in one of our many sessions!
Go ahead and submit your ORAL title and abstract now as we are planning sessions!
- ORAL abstracts should be submitted by visiting https://istro2024.dryfta.com/
- All conference information can be found on our conference website: HERE
ISTRO Info April 2024
- Published: 19 April 2024 19 April 2024
April 19th 2024 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the April 2024 issue, is available for download. In this issue:
- Elected board positions
- Abstract Submission Deadline Extended ISTRO 2024
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books
In the previous ISTRO info, all ISTRO members were called for voting for the board positions. The following positions have now been officially filled; Prof. Mark Reiter, USA; Dr. Silvia lmhoff, Argentina; Prof. Azikiwe Peter 0nwualu, Nigeria; Prof. Lingling Li, China.
The 4 elected members will replace the current board members who are serving until the ISTRO 2024 conference in Virginia Beach.
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| Treasurer Prof. Mark Reiter |
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Board member Prof. Azikiwe Peter Onwualu |
Board member Prof. Lingling Li |
We congratulate the new board members and wish them luck in their work for ISTRO!
New President Elect chosen, call to vote for new positions in the ISTRO board
- Published: 12 January 2024 12 January 2024
Following an internal procedure in the ISTRO Board, the new President Elect of ISTRO was chosen. From the two strong candidates, Prof. Danijel Jug was appointed as President Elect. Prof. Lingling Li had also been nominated as regular board member of ISTRO. You can find her on the ballot for 2024, as detailed below. We congratulate Danijel with his new position as president elect and wish him good luck in his task.
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| New President Elect Prof. Danijel Jug |
After the ISTRO 2024 conference in September, three vacant positions at the ISTRO board will be filled. For the 2024 ballet, ISTR0 members are invited to cast their votes by email; the procedure is explained at the end of this news item.
We are happy to announce that we have four strong candidates for the three open positions for the ISTR0 Board. The candidates represent the following countries: Argentina, India, Nigeria and China; two ladies and two gentlemen. Dr. Silvia lmhoff, Argentina; Dr. Ranjan Bhattacharyya, India; Professor Azikiwe Peter 0nwualu, Nigeria; Professor Lingling Li, China. The 3 elected members for the open Board positions will replace Professor Danijel Jug (Croatia) and Professor Guillermo Siri-Prieto (Uruguay) who are serving until the ISTRO 2024 conference in Virginia Beach.
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| candidate board member Dr. Silvia Imhoff |
candidate board member Dr. Ranjan Bhattacharyya |
candidate board member Prof. Azikiwe Peter Onwualu |
candidate board member Prof. Lingling Li |
Voting procedure
To vote for the 3 regular board positions, send an email to Secretary-General Lars J. Munkholm (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with subject heading: 'ISTRO ballot 2024'.
In the text state your name, membership number (if known) and your country. Then state the names of your three preferred candidates. All votes received will be acknowledged.
Voting will close at midnight on 29 February 2024 !
Only votes from ISTRO members whose membership is up-to-date will be counted – so please ensure you membership dues have been paid.
To pay your dues, please contact Treasurer Steve Prior (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).